
The Kid Angle: The trillions that Congress wants to carve from kids
As Congressional budget committees continue deliberations on what to ditch and what to fund, the FY 2025 budget cuts under…
As Congressional budget committees continue deliberations on what to ditch and what to fund, the FY 2025 budget cuts under…
Medicaid, school meals, child tax credit all on the chopping block As Congressional budget committees continue deliberations on what…
Lawmakers must disqualify any candidate involved in child abuse The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will…
RFK Jr. must Make America Healthy Again — for children With the Senate poised to confirm Robert F. Kennedy…
In this Op-Ed, First Focus on Children’s budget expert Chris Becker writes that Argentina offers an “ominous harbinger of…
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are set to review the Trump Administration’s dismantling of foreign aid during hearings…
For more than 15 years, First Focus on Children has produced our annual Children’s Budget, an analysis of the funding — and therefore the value — that we as a nation place on our children. The Children’s Budget offers U.S. leaders and lawmakers a comprehensive picture of where and how we spend our money on children, and what changes we must make to better prioritize them in federal budget and policy decisions.